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Author: Kahikahealani Wight
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781880188217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introductory course of Hawaiian language, with guided practice in pronunciation, and stories and songs about the islands of Hawaii.
Author: Bess Press
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 2008-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781573062756
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Keiki's First Word Book is an early-learning board book designed to teach words with photos of objects and activities for Hawaii's keiki. Each photo features the English word and the Hawaii word! A surprise door on every page lets kids discover the hidden object. A great activity book for Hawaii's toddlers and preschoolers!
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Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781573061957
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLine drawings illustrate simple Hawaiian words such as keiki, halakahiki, and pele, grouped together in categories such as Hawaiian life style, the body, and nature. Includes Hawaiian and English glossaries.
Author: Samuel H. Elbert
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2016-06-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780824859077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Hawaiian language text, intended for self-learning as well as classroom use, presents the principal conversational and grammatical patterns of the language in 67 lessons, each containing English-Hawaiian dialogues. Emphasis is given to idiomatic speech, and a vocabulary of approximately 800 words, selected on the basis of frequency of usage and cultural importance, is introduced. The frequent humor of the lessons makes Elbert's Spoken Hawaiian an enjoyable learning experience. Also noteworthy is the author's inclusion of old Hawaiian in the text - legends, songs, stories - to enable the student to read the rich Hawaiian traditional literature in the vernacular language. The illustrations by noted artist Jean Charlot are a charming and amusing complement to the text. Spoken Hawaiian will help the student not only to read and speak the language, but at the same time to appreciate the rich heritage of the Hawaiian past and its literature. of the sixty-seven lessons is a sample dialog in Hawaiian with English translation.
Author: Lori Phillips
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781573062183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is part of the Island Alphabet Books series, which features languages and childrens' artwork from the U.S.-affiliated Pacific. Each hardcover book contains the complete alphabet for the language, four or five examples for each letter, and a word list with English translations. The series was co-published with Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, a non-profit corporation that works collaboratively with school systems to enhance education across the Pacific.
Author: Mary Kawena Pukui
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1986-03-01
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780824807030
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor many years, Hawaiian Dictionary has been the definitive and authoritative work on the Hawaiian language. Now this indispensable reference volume has been enlarged and completely revised. More than 3,000 new entries have been added to the Hawaiian-English section, bringing the total number of entries to almost 30,000 and making it the largest and most complete of any Polynesian dictionary. Other additions and changes in this section include: a method of showing stress groups to facilitate pronunciation of Hawaiian words with more than three syllables; indications of parts of speech; current scientific names of plants; use of metric measurements; additional reconstructions; classical origins of loan words; and many added cross-references to enhance understanding of the numerous nuances of Hawaiian words. The English Hawaiian section, a complement and supplement to the Hawaiian English section, contains more than 12,500 entries and can serve as an index to hidden riches in the Hawaiian language. This new edition is more than a dictionary. Containing folklore, poetry, and ethnology, it will benefit Hawaiian studies for years to come.
Author: Sandra Kimberley Hall
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781573062305
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHawai'i's Ambassador of Aloha, Duke Kahanamoku, is remembered for his Olympic medals and as the Father of International Modern Surfing. But those who place leis on his statue in Waik k equally honor him for his strength of character and the Hawaiian ideals he represented. In this moving tribute, filled with photos of Duke, his story and Hawai'i's are intertwined.
Author: Kahikāhealani Wight
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9781573062398
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe new pocket edition is an ideal resource for beginning speakers and students of the Hawaiian language or anyone interested in Hawaiian language, history, and culture. Illustrated with line drawings, it includes over 5,000 entries in Hawaiian and English, an additional 2,500 synonyms and related words and phrases, grammar notes, and thousands of example sentences in both Hawaiian and English that illustrate practical and cultural uses of the language.
Author: Kent Sakoda
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781573061698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDevoted to a serious description of Pidgin origins and grammar, this work on Pidgin grammar does not require knowledge of linguistics. This reference is useful for anyone wanting to know more about this unique language of the Hawaiian Islands.
Author: Lorrin Andrews
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 576
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